Improvement in water-supply regulators



,-t wheel seat S S.

- passes through the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MORRISAND THEODORE MORRIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

[TMPRovEMEN-r IN'wA'rER-SUPPLY- REeiJl'gA-rons;

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 15,4;612, dated September 1, 1874; application filed July 8, 1874.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it'known that-we, DAVID Mounts and .THEODORE MORRIS, of San Francisco, in the State' of California, have invented au irnprovement in device for regulating the sup- -ply of water in boilers, tanks, and other recelvers, and for cutting 0E the pressure of Figure 1 1s a sectional side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation.

IA represents t-he outside case; B, the cutoff andsupply-wheel; C, the supply-pipe; l),

'the servicepipe; E, the supplytank for the boiler or receiver; G, vthe valve-seat; H, the

A valve-lever; I, lthe oat .or buoy; J, the plunger; K, the stufng-box; O, the pipe leading, fromthesupply-tank, which supplies the boiler; L, the `buckets in the wheel B. The adjustable point bearingsl M allow the 'l wheel B t0 revolve with `very light friction.

N is thevpipe vleading from the 'boiler or any steam-generating tank with which it may be connected, and is designed 'to relieve the boiler'or heater from pressure by allowing the' steam` to condense in the supply-tanklfl. The wheel B fits closely to the breast or The following is the operation of themachine: YThe water fromA the pressure-pipe being passed through vthe supply-pipe O passes intothe bucketslz, filling the same and giving motion to the wheel B by the weight and momentum of the water, the points M allowing the same to revolve freely. The breast or wheel seat S S, fitting closely but freely to the wheeheuts oli' the back pressure as soon as the buckets pass the opening indicated by the dotted lines in the pipeO, thereby allowing the.. water to drop from the wheel (free from pressure) into the chamber P. The valvey F` being open at the time the water valve-port G from the vspace under .the wheel into the supply-tank 1E, andfrisng around the float or buoy I, raise'sthe closing the salue operating thejplunger J, and

as soon as the water Ahas reached lthe re-v quired level in thesupply-tank E, which is regulated-by the position of the float I, which valve F' by means of the lever H may be" adjusted byraising or depressing it upon the plungerk J As soon as the valve E- 1s closed the water 'ceases to ow into the' su'pplytank, and the water in the `chamber P remains stationary', except when drawn through the service-pipe D, which may be done at all times, either when the valve F is open or closed. l

I The instant that water isdra'wn from the supply-tank so` as to allow the buoy or loat I to deseen( the lever H opens tlievalve F and admits water to supply the place. of that drawn out and, immediately raising the buoy,

closes the valve, as before.

The rising of the iioat is gradual; hence the motion of the water is gradually checked, whichavoids all concussion in the pipes from the momentum of the water.

When in use it is found that the wheel ac'- celerates in motion, so as to check the flow di' the waterlbut little.

As soon as the water' is lowered inthe chamber I,'which incluses the wheel B, the wheel B revolves freely' by theV action oi the' water'upon the side-ot` tl mI sipply. The i thrown from the buchitsQupont-he opposite side of the wheel to' be iilled as 'the4 `f buckets-'pass the opening leading to thesup-Ff' water is ply-pi pe O.

It will be seen that-the s11pply',tank E is never entirely iilled, butgis kept at the'desired level by thel adjustment of the float 'I which may be adjustedas described. The pipe N conducts the steam Which'may be generated inu the boiler or heater int the supply-tank, where it is condensed,tbereby relieving the pressure whichweuld ctherwise be liable tol arise in the boiler orheater.

It will be seen that bythe use `Vof our-invention the necessity of a tank uponjthe house-top is avoided, as the pressure from the supply-pipe will be cut of andthe water still be allowed to iiow freely.

What we claim as our invention, and desire.

to secilre by Letters Patent, is-

The wheel B, in combination with' the purpose of cutting off thev breast S S, for the pressure from the pipe @substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

DAVID MORRIS.

' THEODORE MORRIS. f VVitnessesz' l l i f 'JonN-A. BALL,

Jona' EIREDSTUNEI. 

